The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
The last 2 years are available to MOU members.
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High Count Archive for The Loon - Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons | ||
| This is the 1930 to present species high count report archive for The Loon, journal of the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union. The last 2 years are available to MOU members. |
| Families |
| Species: Bitterns, Herons, Egrets, Night-Herons |
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Least Bittern American Bittern Little Blue Heron |
Snowy Egret Black-crowned Night Heron Green Heron |
Great Egret Western Cattle-Egret Great Blue Heron |
| Green Heron(Butorides virescens) | |||||
| - - - Spring - - - | |||||
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| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 10 | 2013-05-15 | Houston County | Nyhus | ||
| 9 | 2021-05-11 | Hennepin County, Old Cedar Ave. Bridge,44.8306236,-93.2436534 | Guerin | ||
| 9 | 2009-05-16 | Hennepin County | Fall | Old Cedar Ave. Bridge; all 9 were foraging in drawn down pond (W of parking lot) | |
| 9 | 2015-05-12 | Lyon County, Cottonwood Lake,44.6194,-95.6867981 | Wee | ||
| 8 | 2014-05-25 | Lyon County, Sham Lake,44.6188,-95.6597 | Wee | They seem to be really thick around the area this year. | |
| 7 | 2010-05-23 | Carver County, Carver Park Preserve--Lowry Nature Center | Cyrus | ||
| 6 | 2011-05-07 | Hennepin County, Minnesota Valley NWR | Kinner | ||
| 6 | 2011-05-08 | Washington County, lake mckusick east | Smithson | ||
| 6 | 2013-05-29 | Chisago County, North Dam Carlos Avery,45.3918653,-92.9611802 | Sausen | ||
| - - - Summer - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 50 | 2021-07-25 | Ramsey County, Snail Lake Regional Park,45.0675610,-93.1233788 | Owen | Low estimate. 16 on small pond near Snail Lake Blvd. 30+ in larger pond behind | |
| 15 | 1985-07-13 | Mille Lacs County, near Princeton | Janssen | ||
| 15 | 2021-07-16 | Carver County, Weber Drive, Laketown Township,44.8327889,-93.7194202 | Marengo | ||
| 15 | 2013-07-07 | Chisago County, RushLakeMN,45.67233,-93.09834 | Skordahl | ||
| 15 | 2021-07-23 | Dakota County, Ritter Farm Park,44.6736733,-93.3058977 | Mochinski | ||
| 13 | 2009-07-31 | Carver County | Cyrus | ||
| 12 | 2016-07-12 | Hennepin County, Veterans Memorial Park,44.8874686,-93.2629395 | Lewanski | ||
| 12 | 2018-07-29 | Sherburne County, Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive,45.465836,-93.7311298 | Fleck | Tallied only half the Greens we saw. | |
| 10 | 1982-07-31 | Hennepin County, Crow Hassan Park | Janssen | ||
| 10 | 1984-06-09 | Chisago County, Stacy | Janssen | ||
| 10 | 2005-07-26 | Stearns County | Russell | Sauk River, Sauk Centre to Melrose | |
| - - - Fall - - - | |||||
| Number | Date | Location | Observer | Comment | |
| 42 | 2022-08-14 | Washington County, Egg Lake,45.1609017,-92.9919171 | Douglas | Hard count in a single pass across entire lake area. Mix of adult and juvenile b | |
| 39 | 2021-08-10 | Ramsey County, Snail Lake Regional Park,45.0675610,-93.1233788 | Kuo | 2 at the pond near the beach, 15 at the pond facing the street by the entrance, | |
| 26 | 2015-08-11 | Wright County, Albion WMA (Annandale) | Blomberg | ||
| 26 | 2020-08-25 | Carver County, Weber Drive, Laketown Township,44.8327889,-93.7194202 | Marengo | A very high count for this location. Counted individually. | |
| 22 | 2022-08-20 | Ramsey County, Snail Lake Regional Park,45.0675610,-93.1233788 | Sterner | Actual best count. Scattered all over with park with lots of habitat for them. | |
| 20 | 2008-08-25 | Wright County | Russell | Pelican Lake survey by Nick Palaia, USFWS, Litchfield District | |
| 20 | 2021-08-02 | Scott County, Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve--Minnregs Lake Trails,44.6907110,-93. | Mochinski | They were all over, some trees had 4 of them. As we were walking back to the car | |
| 18 | 2012-08-04 | Hennepin County, Theodore Wirth Park,44.9784297,-93.3232552 | Towle | ||
| 16 | 2017-09-17 | Chisago County, Franconia,45.3251317,-92.7447152 | Terrell | Southbound migratory flock | |
| 15 | 2015-08-03 | Sherburne County, Sherburne NWR--Wildlife Drive,45.4772856,-93.7299871 | Barrigar | ||
| 15 | 2012-08-18 | Sherburne County, Sherburne NWR,45.5210223,-93.7185287 | Beneke | ||
| 15 | 2014-08-28 | Anoka County, Springbrook Nature Center,45.1216426,-93.2736254 | Maust | ||
| 12 | 2007-08-04 | Sherburne County | Schirmacher | ||
| 12 | 2013-08-18 | Chisago County, Unnamed lake,45.3331282,-92.8085089 | Abendroth | ||
| 11 | 2009-08-14 | Carver County | Cyrus | Carver Park | |
| 11 | 2010-09-08 | Freeborn County, Big Island State Park | Potthoff | ||
| 11 | 1963-08-10 | Anoka County, Carlos Avery WMA | Janssen | ||
| 11 | 1988-08-07 | Hennepin County, Old Cedar Bridge | Tustison | ||
| Breeds throughout, but absent far northeast. | |||||
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